priceline is good, expedia is great. which brings us to the big issue. if i'm willing to bust the airlines, despite worries about the zika virus and new-found fierce regarding terrorism, why not the cruise lines? i think it's too soon to sound the all-clear. i think the zika virus will impact upcoming bookings. i've heard some experts say within a year, 25% of people living in puerto rico could be exposed to the disease. that's alarming. it isn't like the ebola scare from the fall of 2014 when one person on the cruise was exposed, but turned out not to have the disease. the zeka virus may not be lethal like abowla, but it spreads faster and can be transmitted sexually. it's certainly frightening to anyone who wants to have that matters because right now zika is expected to spread all over the caribbean. given that the caribbean represents the majority of can valley revenues, only 43% of royal caribbean and the lion's share of norwegian cruise's business, that is a big deal. granted both carnival and royal caribbean said zika hasn't been much of a problem

what will it mean for an already competitive space with priceline and expedia? simon hobbs making his "worldwide exchange" debut. good morning, simon. tell us what google is trying to do. >> good morning to you early birds. it's actually been available. it's on the google search bar, which is important. they've changed the way they do things. just go to the google search bar and put in a continent or a city or a state. you could put in ohio destinations or europe destinations. you'll begin to see first two destinations, like a photograph of them. then if you press the arrow, the blue arrow, more appear. what they're doing behind each of those destinations is they're pulling together the vast data feeds they have to give you, for example, the best time to go, the average price, what the weather will be like. there will be videos courtesy of youtube. you can cap your search according to your budget. the idea is that google wants to be the natural place to which people go to browse for holidays and ultimately then of course to purchase travel items. the question, t

but here we go people selling priceline. priceline does a lot of business in europe, travel. hotel stocks down. momentary pauses in travel as there was a momentary pause in starbucks sales. in paris, stales in europe dropped for starbucks. the stock got hit. then people went and bought the stock and did well. always mindful, again, talking about -- not trying to talk about profiteering, but here's priceline down, company doing well. delta doing quite well. amr. people asterisk it. listen, things got disappointing for starbucks. they came back. disappointing for delta. they come back. southwest air. let's watch southwest air. all the etfs take down all the airlines, whatever, southwest air has no exposure. comes back quickly. >> a lot of losers today, delta, airlines, royal caribbean, carnival, priceline, marriott. united, continental. names you would expect. >> the cruise ships. that's a mistake. the cruise ships had a terrible ebola scare. it was frightening to people. then they had good quarters. life goes on. life goes on in the same way -- i had a good trip to london two

the worst has been priceline.ched up to perry gold to see what he thought in the wake of the brussels tragedy. he said the impact that priceline is likely to be less than after the paris bombings. he also thinks this company is bestest edition -- has the position in all of the online travel agencies. some constructive points. the big risk is to -- is whether or not they reception of traveling to europe is likely to change after two tragedies in a relatively short period of time. david: the nasdaq higher than the other averages. what explains that today? abigail: big tech and biotech. big tex is on an eight-day winning streak, the longest in 13 months. biotech, a three-day winning streak, breaking a possible two-week losing streak. and the nasdaq itself is on a five-day winning streak, the best since april 24 of last year. take a look at of the big tech names -- amazon shares are higher for a second day in a row, even as the stock was downgraded to outperform from strong by at raymond james. a bit of nuance from aa

both expedia and priceline are. and in fact, they've employed thousands more people to increase their presence in that area. >> if we went down to transit action engine route, it would be a very, very different business model. we have great partners we work that do a great job when you want to transact and have great customer service. >> reporter: in other word dest substantially increase the share of the travel market it's able to sell onto its partners, it's a potential win/win for all involved. fir "nightly business report," i'm simon hobbs in new york. >>> coming up, the internet's dark side. where your personal information can be sold to >>> here's what to watch for tomorrow. the european central bank may announce new easing measures at its meeting tomorrow. it is the deadline for the government to file its legal response to apple. american express whose shares are down 15% this year hosts its annual investor day meet. that's what to watch for on thursday. >>> the dark web. it's a term that refers to a collecti

this includes priceline, marriott, american airlines. the worst of all is priceline.ly, if we go back over the last six month, they are still ahead of the levels ahead of the paris terror attacks. lots of volatility. to bounce backnd quickly from these tragic events, but over the long term, it could be how is this company going to deal with an entry into asia? how will they deal with airbnb as competition chec? alix: thanks so much. scarlet: let's check in now with first world news with mark crumpton at the news desk. mark c.: reports say that islamic state is claiming responsibility for the three bombings in brussels today. at least 31 people are dead. more than 180 others were injured. belgium is on the highest terror alert in its history. muscles with is in the latest. good evening. mark. good evening, let me give you a lay of the land. over my left shoulder, you see, 200 meters down the road, a subway station. this is right in the heart of brussels. the road behind me is closed to all but search, rescue, and police vehicles. there are absolutely no commuters using

an exclusive with the executive in charge and what that might mean for priceline and expedia.on't go away. > >>> good wednesday morning. welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla along with sara eisen, simon hobbs, and david faber. oil up more than 2% is helping wchl'll get inventories in 30 minutes. let's get to rick santelli. >> i'll tell you what. normally this is a january set of numbers, but this is important especially when you see the direction. all right. we see inventories. we're expecting a small drop. remember, both inventories and sales have three negatives on a month-over-month running. how about the fourth? not for inventories. it was up last month. you've wiped out the negatives there. this is the best number since june of last year which was up 0.7. sales on the other hand, huge miss. we ended down 1.3. it's the fourth negative in a row. we had three. this is the fourth negative in a row minus 1.3. you have to go back to january of last year. january of last year to see a bigger negative, which was minus 3.4. and last month's minus 0.3 to 0.6

>> caller: i wanted to ask you about priceline. >> i like the price line quarter. i went over it with someone who is those to the company, how the heck can the stock go down? i really thought the priceline quarter was absolutely terrific. and you know what? i have to be careful. i want to point out because i did talk about the marathon, weather ford's filing an offering. don't overstay in the fossil fuels. they will exhaust the bottomless pit of buyers. the market gave the bulls what they wanted, a map that left to shrug off the nasty day. the name behind modern and more, a knockout quarter last week, but didn't knock the bears out. is it time to start chopping wayfair? i have an exclusive with the ceo. >>> and valiant is showing courage or determination. if you google it. but i have a different determination when it comes to the embattled stock, although anything can bounce. don't miss my take on the pharma's latest issues. >>> and i'll show you how this new device is saving lives so stick with cramer. >> announcer: don't miss a second of "mad money." follow @jimc

cruise operators and royal caribbean and carnival were both down and so were priceline and speed ya. >>> cities are paying tribute to brussels bombings. a crowd gathered for a vigil in new york's union square. if we are far away from belgium, we think about belgian people and we are with them for this event. >> the empire state building went dark and the spire the world trade center turned black, yellow, and red. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," republican candidate ted cruz. this is the "cbs morning news." u and life' s beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six. flonase changes everything. the wash, ruining them forever. protect your clothes from stretching, fading, and fuzz. ...with downy fabric conditioner... it helps protect clothes from so your favorite clothes stay downy fabric conditioner. 3 good morning cincinnati. (ad lib to weather)

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cruise operators and royal caribbean and carnival were both down and so were priceline and brussels bombings. gathered for a vigil in new york's union square. >> we are here to show that even if we are far away from belgium, we think about people event. >> the empire state building went dark and the spire thecenter turned black, yellow, and red. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," republican candidate ted cruz. this is the "cbs morning news." l moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six.er than one. flonase changes everything. out in the wash, ruining them forever. protect your clothes from stretching, fading, and fuzz. ...with downy fabric conditioner... it helps protect clothes so your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. downy fabric conditioner. here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> police have identified these three men apparently involved in the belgian boved the two on the left were sued bombers known to police. the third man in the hat is on he is be

the best bet to compete in the digital marketplace against the likes of air b and b, expedia and priceline. >> we have gone back and there was competing bidder that surfaced last week. we said what is a fair offer for us to put forward. >> reporter: when china's bank what many believe was a staggering $2 billion to by the waldorf in new york it proved how deep its pockets can be. many question if it will counter bid again. marriott won't rule out this is the final offer. >> no we haven't. we won't talk about what might happen. >> reporter: in havana, starwood became the first u.s. hotel company to sign a deal with the cuban government since the revolution. to manage and market two properties in the capital and assign letter of intent for a third. >>> sherwin-williams will by valspar for more than $9 billion. the merger is the biggest acquistion in sherwin-williams 250 year history. shares of valspar got a fresh coat, up more than 23% while sherwin-williams got rolled down $15. >>> ihs is moving its headquarters to the united m but purchasing market data firm market. the deal is worth more

cruise operators royal caribbean and carnival were both down, and so were travel websites, priceline and speedia. >>> cities are paying tribute to brussels bombings. eiffel tower was lit up in the belgium flag on tuesday in . new york's union square. >> we are here to show that even if we are far away from belgium, we think about belgian people and we are with them for this event. >> the empire state building went dark and the spire of one world trade center turned black, yellow, and red. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," republican candidate ted cruz. this is the "cbs morning news." flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything. our clothes can stretch out in the wash, ruining them forever. protect your clothes from stretching, fading, and fuzz. ...with downy fabric conditioner... it helps protect clothes from the damage of the wash. so your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. downy fabric conditioner. >>> from miami-dade, broward and the keys this is cbs 4 news . >>> thank you for joining us. we also have john gerard

were done 2% as were cruise lines like royal caribbean and travel sites like priceline. terror attacks have had only a limited short term effect on the global equity markets. stocks tend to dip and rise a few days later. some stocks like the company that runs the paris airport took a bit longer to recover but overall even airline stocks quickly went back to performing with the overall market. airline and travel stocks did underperform in january and february but they underperformed because of concerns about a recession slowing down travel, not on terrorist concerns. for "nightly business report," i'm at the new york stock exchange. ncht a flight from brussels landed safely in orlando. there was no announcement on the flight about the attack and the passengers did not have wi-fi. they were told of the bombing when a caravan of law enforcement officials met them on the tarmac. the orlando airport wasn't the only one to increase security measures. airports across the country were on heightened alert. marry thompson reports from newark international airport in newark, new je

. >>> priceline is claiming to be the first online travel agency to make cuban hotel rooms available to american customers. they say they have been authorized through the subsidiary www.booking.com. in a few weeks, americans will be able to reserve and pay for rooms at a number of cuban and foreign hotels. travelers will also be able to use airbnb to book rooms. the site says the nation is its fastest-growing market. >>> new at noon, apple has unveiled its newest products for iphone users. ceo tim cook helped show them off at a town hall special event at apple's cupertino campus. they include a new smaller iphone 6 se. apple will begin taking orders for the 6 se on thursday. another new item is the ipad pro. it will be smaller as well with a 9.7 inch screen, a faster processor and upgrades. tim cook also addressed the current court battle between apple and the fbi. >> we did not expect to be in this position. at odds with our own government. but we believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help you protect your data. and protect your privacy. >> lawyers for apple and the fbi

abigail: priceline is one of the worst performing traders.tingly, going back six months, we see a lot of volatility and that the stock is trading above the levels of before the paris attack. lots of resiliency here. i reached out to our bloomberg travel agency to say what's going on and they said that these tend to have short-term effects and that investors could be concerned with driving the bigger volatility with company , fending off asia competition from air bnp. will pricing be affect by consolidation in the hotel's race with the recent announced or planned merger between marriott and starwood? we did see the nasdaq term positive. driving that strength is apple. a bit of a postevent glow. a lot of bullish commentary from analysts, including rob hall, who likes the $390 price of the new and smaller iphone, saying that expectations are low for the current fiscal year and that the company could possibly be those numbers, saying very definitively that now is the time to buy apple. all right, possibly. thank you so much, abigail. we are conti

look at priceline, don't look at me. look at priceline.ne of its divisions has struck a deal with cuba for americans. e mack, that's all about what? >> it's booking.com. you go on the site and you can get hotel or rooms available. pretty shortly, it's coming up. it's only in havana where you can get the hotel rooms and this booking.com, which is taking on air bnb right now squarely. they reserve the right to retain your information for five years. and by the way, you can only travel for religious or educational purposes, still restrictions on travelling to cuba. stuart: got to remember all the restrictions, liz: right, exactly. stuart: morgan stanley has great expectations for wynn, the gaming stock. nicole, explain, please. nicole: it's interesting, only a few days after mccclarey was shorting the stock. they have upside potential because of the wynn palace casino that's not open in macao, they think it's a cash making machine going forward. we know that macao is doing better and they think it's for wynn. stuart: all right, down a fractio

going the other way, priceline falling lower, down by about 3.2% or so, because of what happened in belgium, the terrorist attacks there. trip advisor and expedia also falling around 2%-3%. and the non-tech stock virgin america rowling as much as 14% and closing this week to date. this is its biggest weekly jump since july of last year. and the news yesterday saying there might be some shooters for buying some of the company. here are the big movers, emily. back to you, happy easter. emily: you too. and we talk to the woman taking on tesla. ♪ emily: it is game on, tesla. the newly appointed ceo is considered one of the most powerful women in silicon valley. she is now taking on not just elon musk but the entire auto industry. i asked her what it was like to be a female engineer back in 1984. >> it was a rarity. it was one of those things where, i felt in a mix of you. i felt a deep kinship to other women engineers. i feel like it is shaped myself as a woman leader in the tech industry. the other thing it taught me or brought to light, the fact that if you are confident, it is very important

the company has been fighting a negative growth cycle that perry gold thinks priceline is best and maintainserweight rating. american airlines is one of the worst percentage performers, down about 7%. very interesting is the fact that george ferguson says this has very little to do with the brussels tragedy. he thinks it has to do with rising wages, fighting for share in dallas and the possibility of slowing growth in major latin american companies. this suggests american airlines could slide back down into a trading range formed over the last year. betty: what about winners in the travel space? america and is up on a report the company is looking to sell a part of itself and that that they may be approaching potential suitors. betty: how much more pressure melissa meyer stand? the latest comes from starboard value with a hedge fund seeking control and the company has hired a whole new slate to take over the board. my guest wrote a column about this latest move. the stock went down at the open and has climbed its way back up. it's going to much unchanged on this news. this is just the next c

they say they are hearing takeover chatter and that priceline is mentioned as the other accountswo metsimilar reports. i've been on twitter for quite some time. i know that you too checked around a bit. no one news -- knows who the open outcry or is. it's important to remember that there is some anonymity there. it is surely speculation. one of the top two stocks in the nasdaq today. speculation moving the markets, we like to tell people what it is. any others going higher? tesla is up on a report analysts,l-known suggesting that the model x production is likely to excel a rate this year. he recently visited a factory and he is pretty bullish. all of this is in contrast to the short interest. a well-known short seller of citroen research recently put out negative comment thing the clock should -- it should be tracing -- trading closer to $100 by the end of the year. more on brazil, ahead. huge protests over the weekend. live from sao paulo, next. ♪ live from new york and london, i matt miller. millions of resilience to to the streets to protest lyrical corruption and a lagging economy.

.>>> priceline says it's the first youth online -- online travel agency to make cuban hotels available, authorized to make it available through the subsidiary, booking .com and americans will be able to reserve and pay for rooms at a number of the cuban and foreign hotels beginning in a few weeks. and the san francisco-based air bnb says that travelers can use their service to book a home in cuba, and air bnb has been operating in cuba on a limited basis under u. s. laws, but has received expanded authorization to handle listings in cuba. >>> 6:37 am. >>> u. s. representatives and south korea meeting in seoul, and north korea reportedly filing -- firing missiles in the off coast, and the u. s. and south korea say that north korea appears to be rehearsing for an invasion. >>> thousands of refugees are stranded today between the borders of greece and macedonia. they are holding over 12,000 people, mostly from syria and iraq and conditions are said to be terrible. these refugees became stranded after many european countries began posting their borders to them. european leaders are meeting

bigger declines for priceline down 2.5. we know in turkey, for example, in the spat of many terrorist attacks, their summer bookings are down 40%. brussels being less of a tourism destination but looking at tourist flows and business. >> we saw likes of easy jets, european airlines following in european trade as well. many on edge following the deadly terror attacks and mary, what's the sense on the ground there? >> reporter: well, of course, as you would expect, we're seeing heightened security here at newark liberty as you're seeing at major airports across the country in the wake of those terrorist attacks in belgium. but we spoke with a number of travelers, most of whom were traveling domestically and said the attacks are having no impact on domestic travel plans but if they were travel ago broad, they might give it a second thought. >> what happened today wouldn't change my plans. >> i don't think about it. if it's your time, it's your time. that's how i look at it. >> now, in addition to the added security you're seei

sectors are getting hit hard and that would be the travel sector, airlines, online travel sites like priceline expedia down this morning. the stock market rebounded from the sell-off in january but with you area that has yet to show enthusiasm is the ipo market. ernst & young says that through the 1st quarter of this year ipo activity across the globe is down 40% compared to last year down to the lowest level since the recession? global economic uncertainly impacting investors and many are considering other ways to invest. stock marke lower, down by 70 this morning. nasdaq down 16. s&p down 9. frank and michelle, back to you. >> thank you, jason brooks from kcbs news. >>> the battle between apple and the federal government comes to an abrupt standstill. the feds now say they have someone else who will help them hack the phone of alleged san bernardino shooter syed farook. kpix 5 reporter kiet do joins us live in cupertino with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the feds say thanks to the worldwide attention this debate has received, somebody came forward on sunday who could hack into the i

it moves in a direction -- >> connect the dots, some of the stocks that we saw the expedias, the pricelines, the cruise line stocks, those stocks in your view will bounce? >> i think so. >> it's been on a massive run, david. >> i hear you. >> let's look at specific sectors. airlines in general. airlines, bookings are solid, right? demand across the board. compaapacity being managed. i look at it and say the airlines are being really well run right now. no question about that. right? so pick your spots. united airlines has the most exposure internationally. >> well run doesn't mean stock goes higher. >> in this environment people are questioning just how well run they can be with higher -- lower rates, mel? but ultimately a case here where the airlines are structurally different but not in this market. >> listen, i kind of get what david is saying but the problem is we have had this 13% rally in the s&p 500. it's lost a lot of steam. we know that there's a lot of things out there that could kind of derail global growth or the little bit that we have there. the fed just told us they are on wa

among companies hit today, american airlines, united, marriott, priceline and trip advisor. investors in those stocks are worried about heightened travel alerts. you've already noticed the step up security at airports and train stations. the travel warning now affecting the entire european continent but overallinvestors at the corner of wall and brian, downtown manhattan so close to the site of the 9/11 terror attacks are largely able to shake this off . it's something we've seen before and now the dow jones industrial average is down by about 60 points and not 160 points. the nasdaq down right now as well. some reason stocks are modestly lower is nike selling off on disappointing revenue. oil prices are down. the energy department just reported a massive building crude supply and you have to remember volume is like. markets close friday for good friday ahead of easter. jon: lauren seminary, thank you. we will be right back. >>> versus oral b. get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. innovation and you. philips sonicare. save when you buy the most loved rechargeable toothbr